Pen and pencil holder.



No. 884,865. PATENTED APR. 14, 1908.

E. L. SANDS.

PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLIOATION'IILED JUNE 27. 1907.

ammtoz ww w E LI El AND 5 1 simple, economical character whereby a pen or pencil may be.

' pencil becoming misplaced is a perspective view metal havin ally projecting EDWARD L. snubs, OF WEBB CITY, MISSOURI.

PEN AND PENCIL n01.12123.-

, To all whom it may camera:

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. SANDS, a citizen of the United States, residin at Webb City,'in the county of Jasper an State of 5 Missouri, have invented certain new and use.-.

ful Improvements in Pen and Pencil Holders; and 1; do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descri tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art 10 to which it appertains to makeand use the same. This invention has relation to new and useimprovements in pen and penc l holders,

and has for its object the production of a and, novel device' of this readily attached to a vest or other garment so as to keep the same at hand and ready for use at all t1mes, and liability of the pen or or lost, and the annoyance or lnconvenience caused thereby is eliminated. a

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention'consists of .certain novel 25 features of construction, combination and arran ement of parts, as will be more fully described andparticularly pointed out in the ap ended'claims.

n the accompanying" drawin s,F1

in position to a vest pocket tional view of the holder and a section of a encil; Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on the 35 line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a lan view of aflat piece of spring metal of whlch the holder is made.

As shown in the drawings, the holder is 'made from one continuous piece of flat spring a body portion l'oftpreferably rectangular orm and an elongate shank or ton ue 2 extending at right angles from one of t e side edges ofthe body portion, said tongue having two oppositely disposed laterlugs or extensions 3 near its outer or free end and terminating at said end in two diverging teeth 4.

In the construction of the invention the ends of said body portion 1' are bent inward to form resilient clamping members 5 adapt- .ed to clamp the body the pencil or pen,

' Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 27,. 1907. Serial No. 381,178.

-or' adjacent the outer en gure 1 p of the ho der attached and sup orting a' y pencil; Fig. 2 is a centrallongitu inal'sec-- armentc atter being extended for a portion of its Patented April 14', 19cc.

and each of the side edges of the body portion is turned or rolled m to provide a beading 6 to enable the holder to'be easily slipped on or ofl a pencil or pen and adjusted to the desired position thereon.

The inner end of the elongated shank or tongue is then bent inwardl over the clamping members on a suitab e groove, is extended horizontally to a oint directly over s of the clam ing members 5, and is then bent over bac on itself and extended in an opposite direction to provide a garment clamplng member 7,

.the outeror free end of which is bent in approximately at right angles to provide a. j aw 8. The lugs or extensions 3 are bent in under the inner end of the garment clamping memberto fasten the two arallel, oppositely extending members thereo securely together.

In the application of. the invention, the clamping members 5 are arranged on the body of the 'encil or pen at a suitable point,

and the test of the garment clam ing member engage the garment to which t e same is attached.- The extreme inner end of the tongue 2 serves as a spring. pivot orfulcrum for the clamping members and normally maintains it atla plane parallel or substantially parallel with the plane of the clamping members 5. I

Having described myinvention, what I claimas. new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent, is; y

A- holder of the class specified, made from fiat spring metal and comprising penciland amping members, respectively, the

length at an angle to the former and then bent back upon itself and extended beyond the inner end of the same, the outer portion of the garment formed at opposite side ed es and. at apoint adj acent-to the inner end 0 the inner portion of said member with engaging means for rigidly and detachably connectlng said por tions, the outer or projecting end of the outer portion of the garment clamping member being adapted to engage a garment, that portion of said last mentioned member extending outwardly beyond the inner end of the pencil clamping member constituting a finclamping member being gerpieoe adapted to be depressed to disen- I In testimony whereof I have hereunto setgage the garment clamping member from the my hand in presence of two subscribing Witarment, and the extreme inner end of said nesses.

fast mentioned member acting as a spring 1 EDWARD L. SANDS. .5 pivot and exerting pressure upon the finger- Witnesses:

piece to normally maintain it in engagement B. E. LOWERY,

with the garment. R. S. HERSHBERGER. 

